WH Auden
A culture is no better than its woods
UK forest cover is 13%, compared to;
46%
Europe
32%
France
33%
Germany
74%
Sweden
31%
Worldwide
21%
Africa
20%
Asia
35%
North & Central America
According to the 2023 Forest Commission Report
The aim of this project:
Encourage
Walking improves blood flow and helps your cardio efficiency. It can help maintain bone health and keep blood sugar levels balanced.
Stimulate
Studies have shown that time among trees can lower blood pressure and cortisol levels, and help with depression.
Care
With the felling of the Sycamore Gap tree, nature is under attack in the UK and parts of society care too little for the living world.
Climate change
Trees
Trees can not only capture and store carbon, but help reduce pollution and temperature, prevent flooding, enrich soil, and increase biodiversity.
600 years old
Lineover Wood
Lineover means ‘lime bank’ in Anglo Saxon, dating the wood to over 1,000 years old with the wood first recorded around 800 AD as part of the Dowdeswell Estate.
Two-thirds of Lineover Wood is designated ancient woodland. Among the mix of oak, lime, ash, sycamore and silver birch trees are ancient beech trees; one of them is over 600 years old and is thought to be the third largest beech in England.
One photograph, twelve frames
One year in one photograph
Locations have been visited once a month for a year. These twelve frames, one per month and then combined to create one final photograph per image, capture seasonal changes, changes in the weather, the light, and the locations themselves.
Highest point on the Cotswolds at 330m
Cleeve Common
Cleeve Common is the largest common in the Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. It is also the highest point on the Cotswolds at 330m. The Common is a conservation area and Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) for its geology, habitats and botany and it contains a wealth of archaeological interest.
Cleeve Hill lies on the Cotswold Way, the 102 mile long distance walk that starts in the English market town of Chipping Campden and ends at Roman city of Bath.